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Workers Celebrate Minimum Wage Increase
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 1:05 pm | E Tu
About a quarter of a million Kiwi workers will get a much-needed pay rise today, as the Government’s scheduled minimum wage increase comes into effect. The minimum wage has gone up from $17.70 to $18.90 an hour, giving our lowest paid and often ... More >>
E Tū Tells Air NZ To ‘take A Breather’ And Delay Redundancies
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 11:42 am | E Tu
E tū is not convinced that Air New Zealand need to lay off as many people as quickly as they have proposed. Last night, Air New Zealand told staff, including over 5,000 E tū members, that up to 3,500 people would lose their jobs in the next couple of ... More >>
Home Support Workers Awaiting COVID-19 Test Results
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 11:07 am | E Tu
Two groups home support workers may have been exposed to COVID-19 and are in self-isolation, as the family member of a client, who lives with the client, awaits test results. E tū understands that up to seven home support workers may have been exposed. One ... More >>
Sistema Workers Walk Out Over H&S Concerns
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 1:09 pm | E Tu
Workers at Sistema’s Auckland plant have taken matters into their own hands today as the company refuses to take their health and safety seriously. They are now on a health and safety strike. When workers have been asking about personal protective ... More >>
COVID-19: Aviation Workers Under Unprecedented Pressure
Saturday, 14 March 2020, 6:57 pm | E Tu
E tū is preparing for a scale of disruption to the aviation industry unlike anything we’ve witnessed before, after the Prime Minister’s announcement this afternoon that all people arriving in New Zealand will have to self-quarantine for 14 days, ... More >>
Imperial Tobacco Closure Blow To Workers, Community
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 5:36 pm | E Tu
E tū says today’s confirmation that the Imperial Tobacco plant in Petone will close is a blow to the members as well as the wider Lower Hutt community. E tū organiser Damon Rongotaua says the closure, which means the loss of 122 jobs, is the result ... More >>
Safety is focus for Wuhan repatriation flight
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 8:16 am | E Tu
Union safety reps and delegates are closely monitoring the safety of all cabin crew, ground crew, cleaners and catering staff involved in the Wuhan repatriation flight. More >>
Facilitation application ahead of Strike 2 by caregivers
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 5:41 pm | E Tu
E tū has applied to the Employment Relations Authority for facilitation of the dispute over working conditions at Woburn Masonic Village in Lower Hutt. More >>
E tū responds to Air NZ’s 787 engine problems
Monday, 18 November 2019, 1:53 pm | E Tu
E tū, the union for cabin crew says today’s announcement by Air New Zealand of the grounding of between two and five 787 Dreamliners is a major challenge for 787 cabin crew who are currently in wage negotiations. More >>
Iona College boarding school matrons strike over pay
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 5:07 pm | E Tu
The Boarding Supervisors/Matrons at Iona College in Havelock North will take strike action from this afternoon in support of a fair settlement of their pay claims. More >>
Metals MECA settles
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:03 pm | E Tu
E tū’s flagship employment agreement for manufacturing, the Metals and Manufacturing Multi-Employer Collective Agreement, has been settled. More >>
Big pay rises as Sanford workers ratify new pay deal
Friday, 23 August 2019, 4:58 pm | E Tu
E tū members at Sanford Bluff are celebrating big pay rises after they voted unanimously to accept the company’s pay offer following wage bargaining last week. More >>
Labour candidates commit to better school holidays in Welly
Monday, 22 July 2019, 8:14 am | E Tu
As the July school holidays finish, the Labour candidates for Wellington City Council are pledging to make school holidays in Wellington in the future more exciting for residents and visitors by introducing a coordinated programme of events and activities ... More >>
E tū & Chorus contractors discuss contract cuts
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 5:51 pm | E Tu
E tū union met today with Visionstream and UCG contractors to discuss big cuts by Chorus to payments for maintenance work on its copper and fibre network north of Auckland. More >>
Assault reveals serious Health and Safety issues
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 5:11 pm | E Tu
E tū says its inquiries have revealed glaring deficiencies for security guards, in the health and safety processes of the Waikato District Health Board and its security contractor, Allied Security. More >>
Muzzled and broken: family speaks out
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 5:33 pm | E Tu
The children of the security guard assaulted and seriously injured at Waikato Hospital have criticised Allied Security and the Waikato District Health Board for failing to keep her safe. More >>
Strike four Friday for E tū IDEA Services members
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 6:37 pm | E Tu
Workers supporting New Zealanders with intellectual disabilities at IDEA Services will strike tomorrow for one hour from 8.30am in support of their employment agreement negotiations. More >>
E tū welcomes Local Democracy Reporter scheme
Monday, 27 May 2019, 5:13 pm | E Tu
E tū, the union for journalists, has welcomed the announcement today of a $1million pilot scheme to improve local news reporting. More >>
E tū: Waikato Hospital assault tip of iceberg
Friday, 17 May 2019, 5:53 pm | E Tu
E tū says the serious assault on a security guard at Waikato Hospital this week is the tip of the iceberg and it’s time to end the use of security contractors who don’t provide adequate training, support and safe staffing. More >>
DHB, Allied Security fail assaulted security guard
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 5:18 pm | E Tu
E tū says Allied Security and the Waikato DHB failed in their duty to protect a hospital security guard who suffered serious injuries in an assault at Waikato Hospital early on Wednesday morning. The guard was injured after she stepped in to protect ... More >>
